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• Her name appears as Lucinda in most genealogies, but it varies in records .  It is Lucina in her first marriage license and the 1880 census where she is a widowed head of household.  It is transcribed as Louine in her second marriage record, which may have been Louise, similar to her name in the 1870 census as Louisa.
  
  Her name is recorded again as Lucina in the 1880 census, actually two times under this name, since she was reported with two different households and the same three children, with the spellings Lucina and Lusina.
  
  This wife of Marvel Green under several name forms is the same person, because in the censuses there are several households next door or nearby with the surname Kessinger.  Her name in two compilation collections is Lucinda, matching most genealogies.
  
  With Louisa or some variation, and one marriage record and the census having her name as Lucina, it seems likely her name was Lucina Louisa or Lucina Louise.  It would be wonderful to see some of the original records besides the censuses.  Only transcriptions have been available.
  
  World Family Tree Vol. 146, Pedigree #36
  Lucinda Kessinger
  Birth Oct 1833
  Death 1914
  
  Family Data Collection - Individual Records
  Lucinda Kessinger
  Parents William Kessinger, Mary
  Birth 1834 Grayson, KY
  
  In several records Lucinda is reported as Louise or Louisa.  In her record of marriage to William Felkel, her name was recorded as Lucina.  The original records are not available for viewing.  These names seem to all represent the same person.
  
  Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900
  Lucina [sic] Kessinger
  Gender Female
  Spouse Name William Felkel
  Marriage 17 Apr 1860 Montgomery County
  
  In the 1870 census there is a child named Lee Elliott, age 10 and two children named Felkhell, John age 9 and Edward age 9.  These latter two would be twin sons of William and Lucina/Louisa.  Since William and Lucina married in 1860, Lee Elliott must be the son of a previous husband of Lucina who died in about 1859 or 1860.
  
  William would have died probably in 1865 or early 1866.  Lucina married Marvel Green in October 1866.
  
  Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900
  Marvel Green
  Gender Male
  Spouse Name Mrs Louine [Louise?, ref Louisa in 1870 census, Lucinda in family sources] Felkel
  Marriage 16 Oct 1866 Montgomery County
  
  1870 Federal Census, Montgomery County, Illinois, 7 June, Bear Creek Township, PO Bear Creek, page 37, Hse/Fam #245
  Green, Marvel 53 M W Wheelwright $0 Real Estate $400 Personal born No Carolina [b abt 1817]
  Green, Louisa F E 34 F W Keeping House b NC [b abt 1836]
  Green, James 12 M W born Missouri [b 1858]
  Green, Laura 12 F W born Missouri [b abt 1858]
  Elliott, Lee W 10 M W born Kentucky [b 1860]
  Felkhell, John 9 M W born Illinois [b abt 1861]
  Felkhell, Edward 9 M W born Illinois [b 1861]
  
  In 1880, Lucina is reported as a widow.  She is the heada of the household, and next door is her son Lee Elliott, whose half brother Edward Felkel is living in Lee's household.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Montgomery County, Illinois, 2 June, Grisham Township, District 146, page 2, Hse #17, Fam #18
  Green, Lucina [sic] W F 47 Head Widow Keeping House Cannot read or write Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky [b abt 1833]
  Green, Esther W F 9 Dau At Home IL NC Kentucky [b abt 1871]
  Green, Mary A  W F 6 Dau IL NC Kentucky [b abt 1874]
  Green, George A  W M 4 Son Works on Farm IL NC Kentucky [b abt 1876]
  
  1880 Federal Census, Montgomery County, Illinois, 2 June, Grisham Township, District 146, page 2, Hse #16, Fam #17
  Elliott, [unreadable]  W M 21 Head [unreadable] Kentucky Kentucky [unreadable] [b abt 1859]
  Elliott, Maggie  W F 19 Wife Keeping House Illinois NC [unreadable] [b abt 1861]
  Felkel, Edward W M 19 Head Half-Brother Farm Laborer Illinois Ohio [unreadable] [b abt 1861]
  
  Note that Edward Felkel is reported born in Illinois, and his father born in Ohio, while Lee (under whatever unreadable name he was reported here) is reported born in Kentucky with father born in Kentucky.  Since they are reported as half-brothers, this means they had the same mother, but different fathers.  This means they had the same mother.
  
  The simplest explanation of this is that Lucina was married twice, first to a Mr Elliot, father of Lee, then to Mr Felkel, father of Edward and his twin brother John reported as 9 years old in 1870.  Since we cannot confirm the birth state of their mother from this census due to the extreme fading of several areas of the page, we do not have confirming evidence of the mother's birth in Kentucky, which would match Lucina.
  
  In this census, her son Andrew Jackson Green and his wife Rebecca Kessinger were living not far away, enumerated on the second page folloiwng Lucina's record.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Montgomery County, Illinois, 4 June, Grisham Township, District 146, page 5, Hse #39, Fam #41
  Green, Andrew W M 33 Head Farmer Tenn NC NC [b abt 1847]
  Green, Ellen W F 31 Wife Keeping House Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky [b abt 1849]
  Green, William  W M 10 Son IL Tenn Kentucky [b abt 1870]
  Green, Marvel   W M 8 Son IL Tenn Kentucky [b abt 1872]
  Green, Beersheba  W F 3 Dau At Home IL Tenn Kentucky [b abt 1877]
  Green, Oscar   W M 3mos Son IL Tenn Kentucky [b abt Feb 1880]
  
  Another odd thing occurred in 1880.  Lucina and her children are actually enumerated twice in two separate households in two different counties of Illinois, 6 days apart.  The second enumeration was in a neighboring county.  They apparently owned two farms near each other across the county line.
  
  On 8 June 1880, the second enumeration repeated the first with some incidental small differences.  Lucina was reported as 46 instead of 47, this enumerator spelled her name Lusina, and a Kessinger family cousin was included in this Fayette County household of hers.  The information on the three children is exactly the same, except for Esther's name, which this enumerator spelled as Ester, and he added her middle initial F.
  
  Incidentally, the recording of her name in both these 1880 records by two different enumerators with the same phonetic form seems fairly conclusive evidence that her proper name was Lucina, not Lucinda as several genealogies have, adding to the evidence from her first marriage record.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Fayette County, Illinois, 8 June, Sharon Township, District 96, page 11, Hse #17, Fam #18
  Green, Lusina [sic] W F 46 Head Widow Keeping House Cannot read or write Kentucky Kentucky Kentucky [b abt 1834]
  Green, Esther F  W F 9 Dau At Home IL NC Kentucky [b abt 1871]
  Green, Mary A  W F 6 Dau IL NC Kentucky [b abt 1874]
  Green, Geo A  W M 4 Son Works on Farm IL NC Kentucky [b abt 1876]
  Kessinger, W S  W M 20 Cousin Works on Farm IL Kentucky Indiana [b abt 1860]
  

Sources

• 1. World Family Tree Vol. 146
  • Pedigree #36
• 2. Family Data Collection - Individual Records
• 3. 1870 Federal Census, Montgomery County, Illinois
  • 7 June, Bear Creek Township, PO Bear Creek, page 37, Hse/Fam #245
• 4. Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947
• 5. Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900
• 6. 1880 Federal Census, Montgomery County, Illinois
  • 2 June, Grisham Township, District 146, page 2, Hse #17, Fam #18
• 7. 1880 Federal Census, Fayette County, Illinois
  • 8 June, Sharon Township, District 96, page 11, Hse #17, Fam #18
• 8. Find a Grave Memorial Registry